NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Whitehead [2000] NSWCCA 400 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60777/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 October 2000
PARTIES : Daryl Robert Whitehead (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1; O'Keefe J at 1; Carruthers AJ at 1
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/31/0194 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Nader ADCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : (Appellant): P J D Hamill (Respondent): W G Dawe QC SOLICITORS : (Appellant): Halliday, Hook, Noonan & Co (Respondent): S E O'Connor CATCHWORDS : AS TO FIRST INDICTMENT - appeal - act of indecency - homosexual intercourse - effectively Crown relied solely upon complainant's evidence - verdict of guilty on two counts and not guilty on one count - whether guilty verdicts unsafe and unsatisfactory - AS TO THE SECOND INDICTMENT - appeal - indecent assault - whether conviction should be set aside following plea of guilty by reason of imprudent and inappropriate advice tendered to appellant by his then legal representatives. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61E (1) & (2), 78K Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 RAT [2000] NSWCCA 77, 24 March 2000 CASES CITED: Davies (NSWCCA, unreported, 16 December 1993) Ganderton (NSWCCA, unreported, 17 December 1998) Favero [1999] NSWCCA 320, 11 October 1999 DECISION : See paragraph 29
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60777/99 WOOD CJ at CL O'KEEFE J CARRUTHERS AJ Wednesday, 18 October 2000
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